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Roberts, Dai Peter

JurisdictionAustralia — New South Wales
BodyOffice of the Legal Services Commissioner (NSW) (OLSC)
Professionsolicitor — Mark Rumore Solicitors
Case number[2003] NSWADT 101
Date13-May-2003
HearingLegal Services Division of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal
OutcomeCompensation Order Costs Removal of practitioner's name from the Roll of Local Lawyers $0.00 Proceedings Instituted

Allegation / charges

Professional Misconduct<BR/>1. Gross negligence & delay/gross delay<BR/>2. Failed to comply with a Notice under Section 152 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 <BR/>3. Misappropriated trust monies<BR/>4. Breached Section 61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987 - handling of trust moneys<BR/>5. Misled Court/Tribunal<BR/>6. Misled client<BR/>7. Failed to keep client adequately advised<BR/>8. Failed to account<BR/>9. Failed to pay counsel's fees<BR/><BR/>Unsatisfactory professional conduct <BR/>1. Misled Law Society<BR/>2. Delay<BR/>3. Failed to respond to client<BR/>4. Failed to safely secure documents — Professional Misconduct Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

SanctionOther
Dishonesty foundNo

The document lists findings of professional misconduct (including gross negligence and delay, failure to comply with a s152 notice, misappropriation of trust monies, breach of s61 of the Legal Profession Act 1987, misleading the court and client, failing to account and failing to pay counsel's fees) and unsatisfactory professional conduct (misleading the Law Society, delay, failure to respond to client, and failure to secure documents). No express finding of dishonesty is recorded in the provided text, and no sanction, fine or costs are stated.

Duties found breached:

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["extracted_from_register_summary"]

Duties engaged

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